MIAMI (WSVN) - Miami-Dade County residents seeking Section 8 housing assistance will have to continue to wait for now.
The Miami Herald is reporting the federal subsidy program, managed by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, is dealing with a $77 million funding shortfall, and that, combined with rising rents, prevents them from funding new applications.
That means no vouchers are currently available for the roughly 5,000 people on a waiting list.
The 20,000 individuals who are currently receiving subsidies are not affected.
Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava’s administration is now preparing to launch a bidding process that will have better monitoring and performance measures.
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